Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was arrested by the Mumbai police in 1993 for possessing fire arms, had given a statement while under arrest. In the first part of the statement sourced by rediff.com, we told you how he was acquainted with underworld gangster Abu Salem, recently extradited from Portugal.

This is the second part of the statement that he later withdrew:

Point to note: The statement by an accused or witnesses before the police does not necessarily mean that it's the truth.

In September 1992, during one of my shootings at RK Studio, one Kayyum, a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang and who had met me in Dubai during the shoot of Yalgar, approached me with a stranger.

They offered me a 9 mm pistol with ammunition.

When I saw it, liked it and had a strong desire to purchase it. They offered it for Rs 40000.

I paid cash to them at my house and purchased it. I do not know the name of the other man who came with Kayyum.

He was about 35 or 38 years old, apparently a Muslim, was dark, 5' 8" tall, stout, and had medium-length curly hair.

I will be able to identify him if I see him. He also handed over eight rounds of ammunition for the pistol.

After the riots, I thought of either informing the police about the weapons or dumping them, but out of fear that I might spoil my family's reputation or that my father might reprimand me, I kept the weapons. After this, I carried on with my normal shooting schedule.

On March 12, 1993, I got news about the Mumbai blasts while shooting for Jai Vikrant in Jaipur. I was quite shocked.

After that, while I was shooting for Sanam, Hanif, Sameer and I used to chat about films and other things in general. During one such conversation, Hanif and Sameer boasted about a new friend by name Tiger Memon and were telling me that he was very dynamic and daring.

They said that even the customs and the police were afraid of him and that he was a very good friend. They also occasionally used to talk about their friendship with Dawood Ibrahim and his brother Anees.

On April 2, I left for Mauritius to shoot for the film Aatish. There, an acquaintance of mine informed me that Hanif and Sameer were arrested for complicity in the Mumbai blasts.

On hearing the news, I got frightened as these were the guys who had given me the rifle.

I was afraid that they might drop my name to the police.

I called up my friend Yusuf Nullwala and told him to remove the weapons hidden in a black bag kept in the second floor of my house.

By that time, news about me having the rifles had appeared in the press.

On knowing this, my father asked me about it, but I denied any knowledge of it.

I grew very anxious about the whole thing and decided to return to Mumbai.

My father had already informed the police about my flight plan and I was picked up as soon as I landed in Mumbai.I confessed to the police about the entire issue.

The above statement was read by me and it contains the full account of the fact stated.